WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1741/97 by Johannes BLOKLAND to the Commission. Implementation of the packaging directive
Date: 1997-05-23
Institutions: BLOKLAND, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, application of EU law, exchange of information, national implementing measure, packaging, report, waste management













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1741/97 by Johannes BLOKLAND to the Commission. Implementation of the packaging directive  


Official Journal C 045 , 10/02/1998 P. 0094 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1741/97 by Johannes Blokland (I-EDN) to the Commission (23 May 1997)Subject: Implementation of the packaging directiveUnder Article 14 of the packaging directive (94/62/EC ((OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. ))) all Member States must include a special chapter in the waste management plans that they are required to draw up under Directive 75/442/EEC ((OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. )), as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC ((OJ L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 32. )). This chapter must contain a description of the management of packaging and packaging waste by that Member State. The recently published Commission communication COM(97) 0023 on the application of the directives on waste management indicates that the matter of publishing these waste management plans is still not going particularly well.1. Can the Commission say what is the state of progress in implementing the requirement on each Member State to include this specific chapter in their waste management plans?2. How does the Commission propose to be able to monitor the proper implementation of the packaging directive, as regards the requirement to write a waste management plan for packaging materials, in this situation?Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (18 July 1997)Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste entered into force on 31 December 1994 and the deadline for implementation into national law was 30 June 1996. At present, most Member States are in the last stages of this implementation process.Directive 75/442/EC on waste requires the drawing up as soon as possible of waste management plans but no specific deadline is established. This requirement is prior to Directive 94/62/EC and information on packaging waste may appear in the existing plans as well as for any other waste stream.At present, no Member State has communicated the required specific chapter on the management of packaging and packaging waste. The Commission is expecting the Member States to draw up this chapter and communicate it as soon as possible.The Commission adopted on 27 May 1997 a Decision including the questionnaire on the implementation and application of Directive 94/62/EC. The first report shall cover the period from 1998 to 2000 inclusive. Reports are to be sent to the Commission within nine months of the end of the corresponding three-year period. This questionnaire refers to the requirements of drawing up this specific chapter.The Commission will endeavour, in particular in the context of the committees established under Directives 75/442/EEC and 94/62/EC to insist on Member States complying with this requirement, without prejudice to other appropriate measures which might be needed to ensure compliance in this respect.